Thursday, March 16, 2017

A Boy Called Bat

Today on my blog I have The Boy Called Bat tour. On my stop there is a spotlight, review, guest post, and giveaway.

For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter.

But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he’s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.

Review:

I really enjoyed this book. I was instantly drawn to Bat the main character as we both have a love for animals and I just loved his nickname as I am a huge lover of bats plus he gets to help care for a baby skunk which I have always wanted a pet skunk. Even though this book is for younger kids in elementary school I still very much enjoyed the story and all the characters. My niece who is eight and loves to read also kept at me to read this book and she finished it in 2 days and loved it also. She has been bugging me for a pet skunk now and wants to know when the next book will be out so she can read more about Bat and see if he gets to keep the baby skunk. 4/5 Bloody Fangs

ELANA K. ARNOLD completed her M.A. in Creative Writing/Fiction at the University of California, Davis. She grew up in Southern California, where she was lucky enough to have her own horse--a gorgeous mare named Rainbow--and a family who let her read as many books as she wanted. She lives in Huntington Beach, California, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. She is represented by Rubin Pfeffer of Rubin Pfeffer Content.

Photo Credit Melissa Hockenberger

Guest Post:

Favorite Books Read This
Year/Ever

Ah, this is a hard
question, because I love so any different kinds of books. But I will make a
list, mashing together fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, children’s books, and
more. This is not a comprehensive list, just the books that have been important
to me lately.

1.His
Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman

2.Big
Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert

3.Tiny
Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed

4.My
Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante

5.The
Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Aimee Bender

6.Anne
of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery

7.The
Remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro

8.One
Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

9.The
Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood

10.Beloved,
Alice Walker

11.The
Eyes of the Dragon, Stephen King

12.Where
the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

13.Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling

14.Bee
Season, Myla Goldberg

15.The
New York Trilogy, Paul Auster

16.Bridge
to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson

17.Don’t
Know Much About History, Kenneth C. Davis

18.Pippi
Longstocking, Astrid Lingren

19.Look
Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison

20.Maus I & II, Art
Spiegelman

21.Born
on a Blue Day, Daniel Tammet

22.A Prayer for Owen Meany,
John Irving

23.Cowboys are my Weakness,
Pam Houston

24.Harriet the Spy, Louise
Fitzhugh

25.Alexander and the
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst

26.The Princess Bride,
William Goldman

27.The Man Who Mistook His
Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, Oliver Sacks

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I would also like to say Thank you to Elana for letting me review your book and say Thank you to Jean for letting me participate in this blog tour. Don't forget to enter the giveaway below.